New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-05-25
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NEW ULM, MINI.
.GHAs. =. Roos, Managing Editor
Wednesday, May rs, 1887.

Wednesday, May rs. 1887.
For years the eyes Of the whole world
have been turned to the desperate
struggle which RACES in the empire of
the Gar. An invisible and mysterious
organization is engaged in oyerturning
the existing order Of things. Driven to
despair by the iron heel Of despotism,
the nihilists are resolved to build up a
new and indefinable state of affairs on
the ruins Of the.autocracy. They shrink
from no crime or outrage that may fur
ther their aims; they fight despotism
with its own detestable weapons. In
the stiffness Of night, the cold steel is
lodged in the breast of an oppressive
governor; in broad daylight, a military
commander is fred upon, or the life of
the Gar himself is attempted. Wher..
ever Alexander III places his foot, the
eye Of an invisible Nemesis is.upon him.
Neither the bayonets of his body-guard
nor the massive walls of palace or cas-.
tie can shield him against the ingenuity
of the conspirators. Arson and explo-
sions, poison and the rope, the dagger
and the leaden ball are the weapons
with which the nihilist fights the auto
crat of the north and those that have re-
NAMED faithful to him.
The Gar himself is responsible for
every drop of blood spilt:by the nihil-
lists, simply because, in his relation to
his own people, he is not responsible.
If he granted the constitution for which
the intelligent Russian has prayed for
Years and prays to-day, his slumbers
would not be disturbed by frightful vi
sions of anarchy and revolution; and he
could safely pillow his head upon ma
TONS affection. But Alexander was born
a Romanow; it is his crime to live and
rule,a Romanow; his punishment will
be to die aRomanow. Another plot for
his destruction was unearthed last
week atNovo Tcherkask;and every hour
we must be prepared to hear that Alex
ander III has shared the fate of his
father.
Andrew Carnegie, the Pittsburg mill
lionaire, has bluntly refused to contrib
ute to the fund for the proposed cele.
bration of the Queens jubilee in New
York. He says that he is an Ameri-
can citizen and as such rejects the mon
archial idea as inconsistent with and
insulting to his manhood. He cannot
see why naturalized American citizens
should celebrate the reign of any sover-
eign monarch; and suggests that, if
they must celebrate something, the prop.
er day for a political demonstration is
the Fourch of July, when they may
pray that the day be not far distant
''when hereditary privileges will be un-
known, and when the government OF
the people, by the people, and for the
people will be the watchword of Eng
disappearing men throughout the
world These are golden words that
should be read and treasured by every
naturalized American. The citizen of
republic cannot consistently join in cele-
brating events and facts that slap repub-
lican principles squarely in the face.
Spinal curvature and dust-licking are in
compatible with the spirit of institutions
based upon the equality of all men.
The superintendent of the Jackson
mine at Negaunee, Mich, recently APP
peared before the board Of equalization
and, complaining that the assessment
Of 100000 on that property was too
high, made affidavit that he would sell
the mine for 100000. Mayor Alb Kirk
wood accepted the offers promptly, and
went to the mine and rendered the
amount. The offer is bona fde; and
Mayor Kirkwood, it is said, will hold
the jackson mine owners to their SUPER
intendent's affidavit.
The second annual convention of the
Waseca County w. G. T. q. last week
passed resolution condemning the
action of the legislature in passing the
scientific temperance instruction bill.
This action of the Union shows plainly
that the law in question is not suscep.
tible of the construction evidently
placed upon it by State Supt. Kiehle
and other members of the textbook
commission. Should the commission I'll.
timately decide to perform the duties i'm
posed upon it in strict accordance with
the letter and spirit Of the law, twill GER
tainly loseithe. coveted cordial co-opera-